Brickmaker&#39;s truck.



B. G. HEATER. BRIOKMAKERS TRUGK. APPLIGATION '1" IIIIIIIIII 10 985,259. Patented Feb.28, 1911.

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nm'rmnr CLHEATEFR, or irm'ro rowxsmri WELLINGTON- obtm'rx on'mnro; canine To all concern:

- Be it known that I: Bsuri'si Hna 'rna,

' ofthetownship of Minto. Drew P. 0., county of \Vellmgton, in the Province of Ontario,

Canada, have inrented certain newamd use; -ful Improvements in Brickm'akers Trucks,'

of whichthe following isa-specificat'ion;

This invention;relates to .trucksadaptcd to carry a plurality of pallets of briksand to lift themon or oil the drying racks.

The [)l'tfitllldlilltk specially designed to lift the pallets from an elevator, sueh'as.

shown and described in my co-pending application ;\o. 546.233. forJtransportation to v 15. suitable racks onto which, by suitable ma nipulation of the tnn-k'they may be de.-. v Y

" ward swing of the'rack;"Itsforward "swin p'osited. I i- Myrellnproved truck comprises a 'truck frame provided with a pair of wheelsand I 0, rack pivotallv connected to the truck forward of the-w leels, means beingprovided; preferably adjustal)le,.fo r limiting the swiu of the racksubstantially as hereinafter more. specificallydeseribed andillustrated iii-the accompanying drawings in. which- Figure ,1 is a side elevation of a truck constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. is a side-elevation showing the tiuck inthe position it--occupies when the and-Fig. 3 IS a front'elevation.

-Inthe drawings like'letters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the different figures.

' l0 rackjs in- )osition to lifta load of pallets,

--A is the-truck frame of any suitable shape and material which is provided with a pair -of wheels B on the axle C journaled on the truck frame. v '1') are the legs of the truck secured to the 40 truck frame and preferably extended upward to form the stops E, the purpose/of which will hereinafter appear. The stops are preferably provided with cross braces F and the rear braces G. H is a rack provided with a series of pairs of projecting fingers I. These fingers are adapted to support a series of allets loaded with brick. It will be noted t \at the lower end of the rack, when the truck is in standing position 'as shown in Fig. 1, is substantziallyfover the axis on which the-wheels,

turn. The lower end of the rack is providedwith 'a pair of arms J extending for-'- p wardly and an angle to the side of the rack and pivotally connected with the truck frame A forward of the axis of the wheels. This BRICKMAKERS 'rmicm I Specification-of Letters Patent- Pii tellig'l Feb. 28, 191:]

Application and August a, 1910. Serial no. stem.

-formsanhnpor'tant feature of the consfruction of. the apparatus, since when the truck is in the positionshown in Fig. 2 the pivots are substantially below the middle points '60 of the fingers I and the-load on the fingers I is thus substantially,balanced over the pivsets, The rack is therefore, easily managed as it has no' decided tendency-to tip over one' way or the other. The arms J also rform ,another function. 'then thetruck s in its" normal wheeling positlon, which is ntermTe-- diate the t\\-'o-pos1tions illustrated, the-load onfthe rackissubstant'iallyl balancediover the axis of thewheels'fan'd the st rainonzthel 79 user s reduced to a minimmn. Thc stops I. it will-besecn from-Fig; 1, limit. tlle regr--' form a shoulder ulwh'ich e'ngagesr'the' bar-80 L to .r'eleasably hold tlie"ra'ck back against the stops E. Intermediate the shoulder "dand the. bentend of the rod 8. loopt-ia'. preferable with which the bar L may be engaged ifit is desired to wheel. the 3 with the rack in substantially 'a vertical p o-, siti'on as may be-necess'ary 'when' a load of pallets is to be transferred to or-removed from-some of the rncksemployedby brick makers. .99 I

'lhe operation of the deyjce-is'substan tially as follows: When-the truck'isjin the position shown in Fig. 2 the fingers I may be introduced below a series of pallets upon a. rack. By steadying the 'ra.ck and swing Eng down the trllck frame until the :legs touch the ground, the rack will be elevated" and a load of pallets raised. -Therack is then tipped baek to the position shown in Fig. 1 when the operator may wheel the, truck to anyv. desired ition where 3 reversal of the process W1 1 deposit the load of; pallets upon any desired rack. The rod K 1 is preferabl bent back upon'iwclf to form the guard which prevents. it dise gmg 106 itself from the bar L. .This truck will also find a use inhandlingIa-nd placing brick for at a point permitting therack to swing on itspivot while remaining in a substantially vertical plane with the load supportingllltll'llltlf55lll)Hl'zllltlllll) horizontal.

Ina trnek, the combination of a wheeled truck frame, a rack. means pivotally conneeting t-helower end thereof with the truck frame at a pointforwartl of the axis of the wheels of said-truck and substantiallybelow positions 'to lin rack.

the load center bf'the raek when thelatter ii; raised to a-i'ertical position. 4 4. In a truck. thecombinat on of a wheeled truck frame, a rack lnu'ing its lowerfuul substantially over the wheel axis thereof," lneansextemhng froni'saul eml at an angle thereto'prvo'tally conueetingeald rack with the truck frame atv a point. forward of the wheel axig and substantially below the load center of the rack when thelatteris raised to vertical position, and means limiting the backward and .forwarcl swing of the rack;

5. In a'truck, the combination of a wheeled 3 truck frame, an upwardly. inclined rack,"

means at the lower end thereof, extending therefrom at alrangle. :Hltl piyot ally eonneetlng sau'l rack to said truck frame at a point fo1-\\:u; l .of the wheel axis-111mm saul rack when m'w'ertleal loading and unloading position having its load center substant ally over said pn-otal point and when in inclined wheeling position, being sub stantially verticaland having: its load eenter substantially over the wheel axis of the track, and 'ineans limiting the forward and backward movementof said rack.

6. In atruek the combination of awheeleil t-ruek frame; a rack having its lower end substantially over the wheel axis there'ofand pi'vo'tally Jconneeted with the truekforward of the axis of the wheels; stops limiting the adapted 't01en'gage the rack in either of two iit the forward swing of'lhe 7.; In a truck the combination of a wheeled trueleframe; a rack hating its lower end substantially over the wh'eel axis; arms se-' eured tosaul endext-endingforward atan angle to the rack and pivoted on tlnytruck fra ne forward ofthe line of the said axis amlfstopsliinilingzthe backward swing of t.he'raek ".'1'. "Joronto, Ont, thin 30th (lay of July,

1910.- y a r BER-'INEY 0.. n'm'rna.

Signml in the presence of'-- "-J. llnw. hlarm-n-z.

a E. I. HALL. 

